Howard-Davis, C. L E., Drury, D., Krupa, M. and Heawood, R. (2004). Old Abbey Farm, Risley:. Lancaster: Oxford Archaeology (North).

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Title:		 Old Abbey Farm, Risley:
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Subtitle:		 building survey and excavation at a medieval moated site
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Number of Pages:		 202
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Publication Type:		 Monograph
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Abstract:		 During the 1990s Oxford Archaeology North (then Lancaster University Archaeological Unit) conducted a programme of evaluation, building recording, excavation and documentary research at Old Abbey Farm, Risley. This small moated site, now in Warrington Borough, was probably constructed after the sub-division of the manor of Culcheth in 1246; timbers dated by dendrochronology have suggested that a late-thirteenth- or possibly early-fourteenth-century aisled hall formerly stood on the moated platform. In the late medieval period the aisles were removed and new timber framing was built below the arcade-plates; the renovated hall was accessed by a substantial fifteenth-century timber bridge. A crossing was added to the hall in the mid-sixteenth century and the bridge across the moat was rebuilt in stone. From the seventeenth century, the house was subject to piecemeal underpinning and rebuilding in brick, and was extended in the mid-eighteenth century. The project provided a rare opportunity to record a building during demolition and subsequently excavate below it, thereby maximising the information retrieval. An appendix on `The Risley experiment' describes how the documentary research, building survey and excavation of the farm were carried out in strict isolation, the results only being compared after all three were completed.
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Author:		 Christine L E Howard-Davis
Denise Drury
M Krupa
Richard Heawood
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Publisher:		 Oxford Archaeology (North)
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Year of Publication:		 2004
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ISBN:		 0-904220-34-6
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Location - Auto Detected: Old Abbey Farm Risley
Location - Auto Detected: The Risley
Location - Auto Detected: Warrington Borough
Location - Auto Detected: Culcheth
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1246 (Auto Detected Temporal)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
Midsixteenth Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
Moated Sites (BIAB)
Medieval (BIAB)
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Created Date:		 22 Sep 2004